NOT a Natural Disaster

The climate crisis is not in some distant future. It is being felt around the world with heatwaves, floods, and most dramatically with the wildfires in Hawaii. Our hearts go out to the people of Maui, who face the tragic loss of lives, homes, and entire communities.
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Sinéad O'Connor performing at the Ramsbottom Music Festival on Sunday 15th September 2013.

Sinéad O’Connor: Artist of Conscience

In our role play, “Hunger on Trial,” on the Irish Famine, we feature two of Sinéad O’Connor’s poignant songs: “Skibbereen” and “Famine.” Honor Sinéad O’Connor by drawing on her insight, anger, and poetry in your curriculum.
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Young people marching and rallying for climate justice.

Climate Silence Jeopardizes Students’ Future

With record heatwaves and toxic air due to wildfire smoke, the mainstream media remain silent about climate change and fossil fuels. In the face of media silence, educators must fill the gap and we offer #TeachClimateJustice campaign resources to do so.
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Freedom to Teach History Conference in Florida

Flagler College hosts the conference The Freedom to Teach: Confronting Complex Themes in Contested Spaces to bring history and civics educators from a variety of different backgrounds to share their perspectives on and experiences with teaching difficult topics.
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People’s History Banned in Florida

In the face of attempts by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to ban AP African American studies, social justice books, and critical race theory in K–12 schools (and DEI in public colleges), we take a look at stories in Florida history that would be off limits to students.
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Daniel Ellsberg ¡Presente!

The Zinn Education Project mourns the passing of Daniel Ellsberg. Ellsberg’s most famous act — copying and releasing the secret Pentagon Papers history of the war in Vietnam — earned him National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger’s label, “the most dangerous man in America.”
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